Christy Turlington to speak at Southland in Nashville

Model-turned-entrepreneur Christy Turlington will be speaking at the Southland conference in Nashville this summer.(Photo: AP)

Former model Christy Turlington is among the group of entrepreneurs speaking at the Southland entrepreneur conference in Nashville.

Turlington, founder of nonprofit Every Mother Counts; John James, founder of e-commerc company Acumen Brands; and Aaron Levie, CEO of cloud company Box, are joining the list of Southland speakers that includes Al Gore, PayPal President David Marcus and Phil Libin, CEO of software company Evernote.

Southland, hosted by Launch Tennessee and San Francisco-based PandoDaily on June 9-11, is focused on raising the profile of startups and entrepreneur activity in the Southeast. The conference debuted last year, attracting more than 650 people.

Turlington's Every Mother Counts works to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for mothers around the world, inspired by Turlington's own childbirth complications.